"great primer" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From primer (“prayer book”), with the qualifier distinguishing it from primer or long primer, a smaller size. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} great primer (uncountable)
  1. (printing, historical) The size of type between English and paragon, standardized as 18-point, used in the printing of large-format English bibles. Wikipedia link: great primer Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Printing Synonyms: double bourgeois, Bible text Derived forms: double great primer, two-line great primer Translations (Translations): tekst (Dutch), gros-romain (French), Tertia (German), testo (Italian), romana (Spanish)
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